The Silver Lining, a fan-made sequel of the old adventures series King’s Quest, will finally be available for free on July 10, thanks to a non-commercial license from Activision.

When last we reported, Activision had issued a cease and desist letter to Phoenix Online Studios, a collection of fan-developers who had been working on The Silver Lining for the past eight years. As we reported in early March, the group of developers had already obtained a non-commercial license from Vivendi Universal, who had received the IP from Sierra. However, after the IP became the property of Activision, the publisher had no desire to approve the work and demanded that production be ceased and all related materials from the studio’s website removed.

However, in May, Activision renewed discussions with Phoenix, “given the overwhelming community support for the Silver Lining project.”

Last Saturday, the Silver Lining website returned with an announcement stating its recent deal with Activision. According to a statement on the team’s site:

Our team is ecstatic about this, and as hard as we’ve worked for 8 years, it’s the tireless belief and support of you, our fans, that has made this possible. We want to give special thanks to the Save The Silver Lining team, who put together and ran an amazing and organized campaign, and rallied our fantastic fans to make a difference. You made it possible once, and now we’ve done what seemed impossible for a second time! The support we received from all of you was amazing and honestly blew us away. We always knew we had some of the best fans out there, but even so, wow! We will always be grateful for your unending belief in us.

The Silver Lining will be released in several episodes. The first will be available July 10 with the others following within the year.

Reader Comments

http://www.hot.com.au/ Leslie

Wow! Looks great for fan-made. I say congratulations in advance. That was awful they almost shut you down. But now, looks like your 8 years of work finally paid off. Best of luck to all of you. Will be looking forward to trying out this game when you release it.